forcover

English

Etymology

From Middle English forcoveren (“to cover, cover up”), equivalent to for- +‎ cover.

Verb

forcover (third-person singular simple present forcovers, present participle forcovering, simple past and past participle forcovered)

  1. (archaic) To cover completely, cover over; to cover up, conceal.
    • 1879, Thomas Pownall Boultbee, A history of the Church of England: pre-Reformation period:
      And she did about his hands little skins of kids, and she forcovered the nakedness of the neck, and gave the dish and took the loaves that she had baked.
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